Vincennes Manufactory; Rosset, Pierre-Joseph; Duplessis, Jean-Claude
Covered Tureen
1754-1755
Category
Materials
Soft-paste porcelain, hand-painted and gilded
Measurements
Tureen: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.; Stand: 20 3/8 in.
Credit Line
Museum purchase, William McDonald Boles and Eva Carol Boles Fund
Accession #
2000.53.a-.c
Description
This important porcelain Soup Tureen was made by the French National Porcelain factory when the famous manufacturer was located at the royal chateau at Vincennes. After its first 16 years of porcelain production, in 1756 the factory moved to a specially built buildings in Sèvres. "Sèvres" then became synonymous with fine French porcelain.